The passenger who boarded the Jason Dalton-driver of Uber convicted of a 2016 shooting in Kalamazoo, Michigan-blames Uber for misrepresenting its security protocols and failing to report incidents.
Rider, Matt Mellen, They say, hours in the presence of Dalton a fatal murder, Driver Careless on the streets so careless that Mellen called 911 and tried to contact Uber. Dalton then shot and killed six people and wounded two others.
Mu to complain, summoned in February, Mellen states, on the afternoon of February 20, 2016, Dalton grabbed her car (or, “grabbed her”) and hit a passerby. Sutiyi says:
… the two collided in a crowded street in Kalamazoo after running necks. Matt Mellen yelled at the UBER driver to stop, to get up …. pull! … to bring out Matt. Then dead-bang results. The UBER driver crashed into an innocent person (s) in a car that was in the wrong place …. then the UBER driver continued … without fear as if nothing had happened.
Mellen contacted 911 but was unable to reach Uber’s 24/7 incident report, says the suit. As soon as Mellen tried to contact Uber, Dalton shot father and son at a Kia dealers, as well as four people at a Cracker Mbiya. He also shot and wounded a 14-year-old girl and a child protection woman at a home.
The complaint alleges that Mellen’s guilt and inability to control the threats left her feeling uncomfortable later.
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This suit continues blames Uber for the unavailability of the response team 24/7, even though they have a guarantee on its page, as well as leaving the account active. Although, Mellen says, she has not looked at all the details including the legal and administrative records. (Uber he said after the attack in which Dalton was exposed and illuminated in the background. But just before the shooting, Uber set up millions –dollar cases themselves is being prosecuted the company did not want fingerprints or scrutiny of national sex record of offenders.)
Mellen’s suit accuses Uber of violating its rules and violating the Michigan Consumer Protection Act. By means of, Mellen it also affects Uber by sending Dalton to passengers on which the shooting took place. In a confusing interview with researchers, Dalton he says he says that the app turned him into a “puppet” and that the horned devil with a bull’s head could appear on the screen whenever the app sent him a job.
Uber has not yet responded to a request for comment.
In 2018, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wrote blog post that Uber is “confident in security” by allowing passengers to share their routes with their contacts, plus a dangerous button to alert 911, and install rear checks. In 2017-2018 security report, Uber pleaded guilty to 5,981 rape cases in the two years, as well as 19 murder cases.
Uber drivers say the app does not really protect them and also pays for them with weapons stolen from vehicles. This summer, Markup known Theft of 124 motor vehicles reported last year and a half; that then he found that Uber requires the driver to sign a non-disclosure agreement before providing them with insurance premiums.
Mellen has demanded a $ 25,000 fine, plus damages and fees.